Norsk Kontantservice
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Norsk Kontantservice AS (NOKAS) is a Norwegian company offering solutions for management, control and distribution of cash to Norwegian banks. It is owned by several major Norwegian banks, including Norges Bank and DnB NOR.
The NOKAS teller central in Stavanger was robbed on April 5, 2004. The outcome of the robbery was just below NOK 60 million (approx. USD 9.5 million), which makes it the largest in Norwegian history. It was also the first time in many years that a Norwegian police officer had been killed in the line of duty.
The thirteen men involved in the NOKAS robbery were convicted to a total of 181 years in prison on 10 March 2006, with the leader, David Toska, receiving the highest verdict of 19 years.
In the final trial, standing on January 19th, 2007, twelve of the thirteen were found guilty. but the thirtenth the judges put the jury decission aside and ordered a new trial.
[edit] External links
- Official NOKAS website (Norwegian)
- "NOKAS verdicts fall" – By Inga Sverdrup and Kjetil Olsen (story), and Jonathan Tisdall (English translation), Aftenposten, 10 March 2006